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Facts 

Overview
Lost swinging bridge over Osage River, southwest of Warsaw
Location
Benton County, Missouri
Status
No longer exists
History
Built 1924 for $8,500
Design
Wire suspension
Dimensions
Total length: 600.0 ft.
Also called
Peal Bend Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+38.19555, -933.97222   (decimal degrees)
38°11'44" N, 933°58'20" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Land survey
T. 40 N., R. 22 W., Sec. 31
Inventory number
BH 20848 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Update Log 

  • December 14, 2006: Added info from Darrin Williams

Sources 

  • Darrin Williams - DWilliams [at] Watlow [dot] com

Comments 

Branstetter Swinging Bridge
Posted May 4, 2006, by Darrin Williams (dwilliams [at] watlow [dot] com, darrinwilliams@hotmail [dot] com)

This bridge was also known as the Peal Bend Bridge. Joe Dice built this bridge in 1912 on the downstream end of what was called Peal Bend on the Osage River.

It was 600' long had wooden towers and cost $8,500. In 1924, a tornado(the same storm that took out the original Upper Bridge?) blew down on of the towers. Apparently, the bridge was rebuilt.